Animation screenwriter Buck Woodall has recently been involved in an ongoing controversy. A legal clash centers on allegations around Disney’s blockbuster follow-up movie, Moana 2. The animator ...

A film worker is suing Disney for $10 billion, claiming the "Moana" franchise shares "breathtaking" similarities to work he ...

Woodall seeks 2.5% of Moana 2’s gross revenue, or roughly $10 billion, and a court order to prevent further infringement.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Animator Buck Woodall is suing Disney for $10 billion after he said he shared film materials with the company in 2003 while working on a development deal. Woodall filed ...

Animator Buck Woodall claims that film producer Jenny Marchick fed his original idea for a film titled 'Bucky' to Disney, which ultimately produced 'Moana' in 2016 Disney Disney is being sued ...

Animator Buck Woodall has filed a lawsuit against Disney, alleging that ‘Moana’ ripped off his original screenplay ‘Bucky’ with similar plot elements and characters. Despite an earlier ...

With the worldwide box office for its animated Polynesian fantasy adventure Moana 2 having sailed north of $1 billion, the ...

Animator Buck Woodall filed a lawsuit Jan. 10 against the Walt Disney Company including its film, television and animation departments and Jenny Marchick, DreamWorks Animation’s head of ...

Animator Buck Woodall has filed a lawsuit against Disney, claiming the company copied his screenplay, "Bucky." The lawsuit alleges similarities between "Bucky" and Disney’s films "Moana" and ...

An animator has sued Disney for allegedly copying the idea for hit franchise Moana from his decades-old screenplay without his consent. Buck Woodall filed a suit in a California federal court on ...

According to the lawsuit, Woodall claims he is entitled to "at least $10 billion" in damages and 2.5% of gross revenue earned by Disney from the "Moana 2" film and related merchandise, which he ...